"he tried to tell the truth, but what came out was only half of the truth. Later, much later, he found that he was unable to relieve himself of two regrets: one, that when she leaned back he saw that the necklace he made had scratched her throat, and two, that in the most important moment of his life he had chosen the wrong sentence."

(I found this "unpublished" this morning...it was written last Thursday. Just getting around to proofing and publishing. That sounds about right.)

From Seinfeld episode #166, airing December 18, 1997...

JERRY: And weren't there feats of strength that always ended up with you crying?

I was trying to figure out this morning how to laugh rather than cry...I don't need another headache.

I couldn't think of anything until I glanced at my to do list. It is its usual crazy length...not a laughing matter. But then I glanced at the top where I had scribbled a thought I had about our upcoming youth conference. It said:

hope, perseverance, strength

I had to grin that this was randomly written at the top of a very long list. Hope, perseverance, and strength are indeed the order of the day.

We've made it to Thursday. No small accomplishment. I've been performing feats of strength all week.